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Arriving home, a husband was met by his sobbing wife and she tearfully explained, “The pharmacist insulted me this morning on the phone. I had to call multiple times before he would even answer the phone.”

The husband drove down to confront the pharmacist to demand an apology. Before he could say more than a word or two, the pharmacist said “Now, just a minute… hear my side of it.”

“This morning the alarm failed to go off, so I was late.

Without breakfast I hurried out to the car, to realize I’d locked the house with house and car keys inside. I had to break a window to get my keys.

Driving a little too fast, I got a speeding ticket. About three streets from the store, I had a flat tire.

When I finally got to the store a bunch of people were waiting for me to open up. I started waiting on these people, All the time the damn phone never stopped ringing.

Then I had to break open a roll of coins against the cash register drawer to give change, and they spilled all over the floor.

I had to get down on my hands and knees to pick up the money and the phone was still ringing.

When I came up I cracked my head on the open cash drawer, which made me stagger back against a showcase with bottles of expensive perfumes on it. Half of them hit the floor and broke.

Meanwhile, the phone is still ringing with no let up, and I finally got to answer it. It was your wife. She wanted to know how to use a rectal thermometer.

And believe me, Sir, as God is my witness, all I did was tell her!! “

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50 Life Lessons

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I LOVE NUMBER 29!
BECAUSE, I COULD NOT CARE LESS!
-SHEILA TOLLEY-

Written By: Regina Brett

Life is not fair, but it’s still good.
When in doubt, just take the next small step.
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Pay off your credit cards every month.
You do not have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
It is OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.
Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
Overprepare, then go with the flow.
Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
The most important sex organ is the brain.
No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
Frame every so-called disaster with these words: “In five years, will this matter?”
Always choose life.
Forgive everyone everything.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Believe in miracles.
God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
Whatever does not kill you, really does make you stronger.
Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.
Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
Do not audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
The best is yet to come.
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
Yield.
Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.

THE SPHINX—TID BITS

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Only 50 percent of murders in America are solved. Liberal policies and crooked governments are successful.

https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/us-homicide-clearance-rate-plunges-to-all-time-low/

If you are frisky, be careful.

https://www.theonion.com/sex-related-injuries-that-could-send-you-to-the-hospita-1850163439

https://armenpress.am/eng/

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Who is counting.

https://babylonbee.com/news/shocking-study-shows-more-kids-identifying-as-part-of-worlds-most-celebrated-popular-group

https://tolleystopics.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/5844.jpg

https://www.newsmax.com/

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The Inquiring Editor: What is interesting, LL ?

The Muckraker Cat: This skank and teachers in her union are some of the most dangerous people in America. They should be investigated under the RICO Act.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2023/02/28/watch-randi-weingarten-have-a-meltdown-over-student-loan-debt-n2620066

https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/top-ny-pols-rake-in-thousands-in-donations-from-teachers-union-while-bashing-charter-schools/

Sue the union for 100 million dollars.

https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/ny-teacher-forced-5th-grader-to-go-by-male-pronouns-suit/

Joey wants to raise taxes.

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/02/28/biden-promises-to-raise-your-taxes-tells-truly-creepy-story-about-a-nurse-n709773

Who cares ?

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35755956/eagles-others-defend-qb-push-tactic-nfl-reconsider-rule

Prince Andrew has to move to Frogmore, a 5 bedroom home.

https://nypost.com/2023/02/28/king-charles-to-evict-harry-and-meghan-from-frogmore-cottage/

I bet all of my mice that if you have surgery or check your ancestry that your DNA is on file with the FBI and everyone else.

https://dynamicdnalabs.com/blogs/news/what-is-a-buccal-swab

https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/patient-education/how-collect-dna-sample-using-cheek-swab

People can’t afford them.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/03/us-home-prices-just-did-something-they-havent-done-since-2012/

The men’s 2023 basketball brackets are complete. Get all correct and win a billion dollars.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bracket

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35806362/every-team-men-ncaa-tournament-bracket-explained-2023

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SVB was a WOKE failure. The officers sold their stock before the collapse.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/11/silicon-valley-bank-pushed-woke-programs-ahead-of-collapse/

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/03/12/shocked-not-shocked-failed-silicon-valley-bank-victim-of-its-own-woke-green-energy-priorities-n715294

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Another bank is in trouble. Wells Fargo should be under a RICO investigation for at least the past 10 years.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/12/regulators-close-signature-bank-second-shuttered-by-feds-after-svb-disaster/

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2023/03/10/wells-fargo-customers-complain-about-missing-deposits-fresh-off-the-silicon-valley-bank-collapse-n714672

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New York City is a liberal-Democrat-corrupt cesspool. It’s the system, not just the mayor.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/10/nypd-cops-resigning-from-force-in-2023-at-record-pace/

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This is a temporary pause in an attempt to see who has guns ( registration ) is the common word.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/03/10/visa-mastercard-stop-program-to-categorize-gun-purchases-n2620460

This isn’t even news. Worry about something important.

https://www.oann.com/newsroom/nasa-predicts-asteroid-impacting-earth-on-valentines-day-2046/

Biden has another crony traitor exposed. It never ends.

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/03/10/anonymous-biden-official-who-lied-to-press-about-trump-era-spy-balloons-is-exposed-n714572

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Let’s do away with ALL tax funded security except for the President and Vice President. None for federal, city, or state politicians.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/03/10/capitol-hill-dc-crime-n2620454

Rat City.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/03/12/are-you-ready-for-covid-rats-nyc-n2620501

Kevin tries to set some dems free.

https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2023/03/11/kevin-mccarthy-goes-there-in-speech-goes-off-on-adam-schiff-and-eric-swalwell-for-lying-n715261

Joey and his budget are doomed, I hope.

https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/03/10/gun-grabbers-rejoice-bidens-budget-proposes-massive-funding-increase-for-federal-crackdown-on-firearm-sales-n714612

Hanoi Jane is back in the news.

https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2023/03/10/jane-fonda-says-murder-an-option-for-dealing-with-pro-life-republicans-n714644

It’s collusion between the Narco Drug President and the Hunter-Joey cocaine cartel.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/03/10/mexican-president-threatens-to-launch-campaign-against-us-republicans-n2620478

The worms turn. They are better than crickets.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/10/china-pummeled-by-rain-of-worms-as-residents-asked-to-carry-umbrellas/

TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

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W5: The Soul Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: José Jiménez (Astromet)

Explanation: Stars are forming in the Soul of the Queen of Aethopia. More specifically, a large star forming region called the Soul Nebula can be found in the direction of the constellation Cassiopeia, whom Greek mythology credits as the vain wife of a King who long ago ruled lands surrounding the upper Nile river. Also known as Westerhout 5 (W5), the Soul Nebula houses several open clusters of stars, ridges and pillars darkened by cosmic dust, and huge evacuated bubbles formed by the winds of young massive stars. Located about 6,500 light years away, the Soul Nebula spans about 100 light years and is usually imaged next to its celestial neighbor the Heart Nebula (IC 1805). The featured image is a composite of exposures made in different colors: red as emitted by hydrogen gas, yellow as emitted by sulfur, and blue as emitted by oxygen.

Tomorrow’s picture: planets converge

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Arriving home, a husband was met by his sobbing wife and she tearfully explained, “The pharmacist insulted me this morning on the phone. I had to call multiple times before he would even answer the phone.”

The husband drove down to confront the pharmacist to demand an apology. Before he could say more than a word or two, the pharmacist said “Now, just a minute… hear my side of it.”

“This morning the alarm failed to go off, so I was late.

Without breakfast I hurried out to the car, to realize I’d locked the house with house and car keys inside. I had to break a window to get my keys.

Driving a little too fast, I got a speeding ticket. About three streets from the store, I had a flat tire.

When I finally got to the store a bunch of people were waiting for me to open up. I started waiting on these people, All the time the damn phone never stopped ringing.

Then I had to break open a roll of coins against the cash register drawer to give change, and they spilled all over the floor.

I had to get down on my hands and knees to pick up the money and the phone was still ringing.

When I came up I cracked my head on the open cash drawer, which made me stagger back against a showcase with bottles of expensive perfumes on it. Half of them hit the floor and broke.

Meanwhile, the phone is still ringing with no let up, and I finally got to answer it. It was your wife. She wanted to know how to use a rectal thermometer.

And believe me, Sir, as God is my witness, all I did was tell her!! “

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I LOVE NUMBER 29! BECAUSE, I COULD NOT CARE LESS! -SHEILA TOLLEY-

Written By: Regina Brett

Life is not fair, but it’s still good.

When in doubt, just take the next small step.

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

Pay off your credit cards every month.

You do not have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.

It is OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.

It’s OK to let your children see you cry.

Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.

Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.

Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

You can get through anything if you stay put in today.

A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.

It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.

Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

Overprepare, then go with the flow.

Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.

The most important sex organ is the brain.

No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

Frame every so-called disaster with these words: “In five years, will this matter?”

Always choose life.

Forgive everyone everything.

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Believe in miracles.

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.

Whatever does not kill you, really does make you stronger.

Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.

Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.

Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.

Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

Do not audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

The best is yet to come.

No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

If you don’t ask, you don’t get.

Yield.

Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.

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I LOVE NUMBER 29!
BECAUSE, I COULD NOT CARE LESS!
-SHEILA TOLLEY-